Ted Deutch

Understanding by the Iraqi Government would be helpful. Action by the Iraqi Government is what's necessary to insure that that actually takes place.

We have to take a serious look at the Copyright Act, we have to examine what is working and what is not for creators and for all of the stakeholders.

I'm extremely concerned about reports that Iraq is turning a blind eye to the Iranian's use of Iraqi airspace to transport weapons to Assad.

The basic premise of our copyright law is that we are all enriched when creators create, and that creators must be able to earn a fair return on their ingenuity.

The uprising in Syria is about to enter its third year. Over 70,000 Syrians have been killed, there are over 1 million registered refugees, 2½ million internally displaced persons.

The collapse of the Assad regime would deal a devastating blow to Iran and its ability to support Hezbollah and other terrorist groups in the region.

We should make it clear that our commitment is until 2024, whether it is 6,000 soldiers or 9,000 or 10,000.

In order to have long-term legitimacy, the central government has to root out corruption at the highest levels.

There are proportionately, as you probably know, Madam Chair, more women in the Afghan Parliament than there are in the halls of U.S. Congress.

Under President Obama's leadership, we refocused our efforts and have now largely accomplished his goal of dismantling the core of al-Qaeda.

As we look forward to 2014, a key factor to stabilizing Afghanistan for the future and really to ensure our own national security interest is to improve Afghan governance.

After almost 12 years of war in Afghanistan and 2,177 American casualties, there is strong opposition among the American public to continue U.S. engagement there.

But is now the time to fundamentally alter our strategy of a responsible troop drawdown in Afghanistan?

We have an obligation to these men and women to work in a bipartisan manner to get our Veterans' benefits and care in a timely manner.

But isn't legitimacy going to be based ultimately on whether the election is perceived to be free and fair, Dr. Jones?

the way we won these cases was not by spending all of Reynolds' money but by making that other son of a bitch spend all his.

North Korea is the worst human rights violators in the world.

It is a threat to humanity and we have to focus on purveying and sending that message.

What is so disconcerting is that Rodman, the coverage of his visit even on cable television, even on the so-called news shows, didn't focus on anything other than the fact that he is a celebrity who was visiting.

I appreciate the majority's decision to hold a hearing about the excessive litigation's impact on America's global competitiveness.

Let us use this opportunity. You spoke about the crimes that are being violated and you spoke generally about the gulags.

I want to thank the administration for making the promotion of clean energy and environmental sustainability a priority for the U.S. and Latin America.

I mean, on a humanitarian level that is not possible?

We can't--there must be some way that, working with our allies, our partners, the Vatican, that at least on a humanitarian basis together they can convince the Cuban Government to allow a physician of the family's choosing to come in to…

despite all of our efforts, we haven't seen a response from the Cuban Government.